Transaction in Own Shares

British American Tobacco PLC
08 June 2006



                          British American Tobacco PLC



                                SHARE REPURCHASE



British American Tobacco PLC announces that on 8th June 2006 it purchased for
cancellation 300,000 of its Ordinary shares from Credit Suisse Securities
(Europe) Limited at a price of 1358.58 pence per share.









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